Wednesday, September 16

I've had a fairly busy day, starting with water aerobics this morning. It was very rainy this morning for walking to the gym. And of course, I had to park way up by the student union.



Today there was a new person at the pool. I didn't recognize her at first, but when she introduced herself, I realized that her mother had worked as a secretary in the same office I did years ago. This young woman now has two children and one on the way, and she is taking classes at the college. This semester, she is required to take a physical education class, and since she's expecting, her instructor suggested she do water aerobics to fulfill her course requirement.



The other story from the pool was that one of the ladies, who recently had knee replacement surgery, fell while mopping her kitchen floor, hurting her knee and hitting her head on a counter. She had an MRI on her head, and fortunately, she is fine. We wondered where she was all last week, and now we know.



Back home after aerobics, I did this and that after getting ready for the day. After lunch, and once the vehicles from the accident were cleared away (see previous blog) Hubbie and I ran errands. Rain or shine, we musn't miss a day of errand running. Today, we went to a grocery store to get cottage cheese (we need to buy this stuff by the gallon). Then we went to the pharmacy for a prescription for Mother, and on to the WDCS for several grocery items.



When we got back home, we realized that the pharmacy had overcharged for Mother's medication. She's been getting this med for $2.40, but today she was charged $24.00. Hubbie called the pharmacy, and the mistake is being corrected so that Mother will be reimbursed for the overcharge.



This afternoon, I made banana pudding, since I remembered to get vanilla wafers at the store today. The pudding is made with skim milk, sugar substitute, and egg substitute, but is very good with the bananas and wafers.



Later this afternoon, Mother and I went to a baby shower at a local church. This was a drop-in shower, so Mother and I arrived about 4:30, stayed long enough to visit the honoree and others we know, eat a small amount of refreshements (choices of fruity punch, cookies, and chocolate cake), and then we came on home.



Mother and I dressed in nice, but casual slacks and blouses, which we thought appropriate for a shower at a church, but several women wore jeans and capris, including the honoree. Anything goes these days.



At home, I changed back into jeans and t-shirt for supper, which was split pea soup, with cold sliced Cajun turkey sandwiches.



This evening, we watched watched the movie, "Hidden Evil." Based on a true story, a Canadian social worker investigates a cult headed by a Charles Manson type, where eight wives and lots of kids live in a commune. This is a very disturbing movie of an abusive and very violent madman, and the women who feared him, but were too cowed to leave him.



Today, we got a very sweet thank you card from our friend who recently celebrated her 80th birthday. She thanked us for a handmade birthday card we sent her. The card she sent was printed by a photo center, and the front features a sepia tone picture of our friend when she was three or four years old. The back of the card features a small color snapshot of her cherished toddler grandson. She despaired of ever having a grandchild, so she is naturally head over heels about this one.